Through East Anglia in a Motor CarVincent, James Edmund
General
Through East Anglia in a Motor Car
Vincent, James Edmund
Norfolk (England) -- Description and travel; Suffolk (England) -- Description and travel
ROADS Vile, with crumbling surface of gravel, in Epping
Forest. Good from Chelmsford to Felixstowe. Fair from
Felixstowe to Saxmundham. Farm tracks were tried beyond
Saxmundham. They were found soft, rough, but not
injurious to tires.
HILLS Worthy of respect in Epping Forest, owing to bad
surface, round Colchester, on leaving Ipswich, and on
leaving Dunwich.
DISTANCES AND SPECIAL DIRECTIONS. Oxford Circus to
Epping, 22·7. Proceed viâ Regent Street, Langham Place,
Portland Place, Park Crescent, to Euston Road; turn to
the right and go straight on past King's Cross Station;
turn to left into York Road, which follow to tramway
lines in Camden Road; here turn to the right and follow
tramway lines across Holloway Road into Seven Sisters
Road; continue to follow tramway lines to "Manor
House," and there, taking the right-hand fork of tram
lines, go on to red brick structure in the centre of
the road. Here incline to the left and follow tram
lines through Tottenham High Road to Edmonton (9·9),
and go straight on to Ponder's End. Here at "The Two
Brewers" turn to the right, go over a level crossing at
Ponder's End. Beyond the crossing the road passes
through fields, but two gates less than 3/4 of a mile
apart must be watched for. Go straight on to Chingford
(13·8). Look out for Loughton and Epping sign-post,
which points to Whitehall Lane, and at the end of
Whitehall Lane (15·4), turn to the left and proceed to
Buckhurst Hill. Then bear to the right at the next
fork, where sign-post directs to Loughton (17·6), and
Epping.
_Epping to Felixstowe._--Epping (R.) to Ongar (R.),
7-1/2. Ongar to Chelmsford (R.), 11-3/4. Chelmsford to
Colchester (R. A.), 23-1/4. Colchester to Ipswich (R.
A.), 16-3/4. Ipswich to Felixstowe (R.), 11-1/2.
_Felixstowe to Dunwich and back._--(Distances
approximate owing to use of byways and farm tracks.)
Felixstowe to Woodbridge (R.), 10. Woodbridge to
Saxmundham (R.), 12-3/4. Saxmundham to Dunwich, 13-1/2.
Dunwich to Felixstowe, 31.
CHAPTER VI--(_continued_)
FELIXSTOWE, BAWDSEY, WOODBRIDGE, IPSWICH, DUNMOW, AND LONDON
ROADS High-roads fair throughout. Byways between
Bawdsey and Woodbridge very bad, rough, and soft.
[N.B.--Bawdsey Ferry should not be attempted,
especially at low tide, unless the car may be relied
upon to climb from a standstill up a short but very
sharp incline of quite loose gravel. The country beyond
can hardly be called worth taking risks to see.]
HILLS Insignificant.
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